Kirk Wong

Kirk Wong was born in Hong Kong, studied fashion design and stage/TV directing in England, and worked for Covent Garden and Anglia TV before returning to Hong Kong in the late '70s. He became a successful drama-action director (with HKTVB), made his motion-picture directorial debut in 1980 with the stylish crime pic The Club (regarded as a pioneering work of the Hong Kong New Wave), and followed with other films for the major Hong Kong studios (Cinema City, Golden Harvest), including the futuristic action films Health Warning and Gunmen, set in Shanghai of the '20s (and one of the first Hong Kong features to get major European distribution). After his Crime Story with Jackie Chan was acquired by Miramax for U.S. distribution, Wong used real-life police cases as sources for Rock 'N' Roll Cop and Organized Crime & Triad Bureau.